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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 17, 1953
Place of Birth
Hornell, New York, USA
Also Known As
- William Pullman
- Билл Пуллмэн
Bill Pullman
4.1 Popularity
Biography
William Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre, he was an adjunct professor at Montana State University before deciding to pursue acting. Pullman made his film debut in Ruthless People (1986), and starred in Spaceballs (1987), The Accidental Tourist and The Serpent and the Rainbow (both 1988), Newsies (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), While You Were Sleeping (1995), Independence Day (1996), Lost Highway (1997), and Lake Placid (1999). He also voiced Captain Joseph Korso in Titan A.E. (2000). He has also appeared frequently on television, usually in TV films. Since the 21st century began, Pullman has also acted in miniseries and regular series such as Torchwood (2011), playing starring roles in 1600 Penn (2012–13) and The Sinner (2017–2021). In 2021, he had a recurring role in the miniseries Halston. Pullman also has a long stage-acting career. He has appeared on Broadway several times, including in Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (2002).
Known For
8.0
Self - actor
Roland Emmerich - Weltenzerstörer, Weltenerbauer
2025
4.7
Ross
Killing Faith
2025
7.8
Alex Murdaugh
Murdaugh Murders: The Movie
2023
7.4
Curtis
This Fool
2022
0.0
Narrator (voice)
American Horses
2022
7.0
David Mahoney
Halston
2021
8.8
(voice)
Yellowstone
2020
7.0
Max
The High Note
2020
7.2
Self
Cursed Films
2020
🎬
7.6
Self
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
2019
Credits
Roland Emmerich - Weltenzerstörer, Weltenerbauer
as Self - actor
2025
8.0
Killing Faith
as Ross
2025
4.7
Murdaugh Murders: The Movie
as Alex Murdaugh
2023
7.8
This Fool
as Curtis
2022
7.4
American Horses
as Narrator (voice)
2022
0.0
Halston
as David Mahoney
2021
7.0
Yellowstone
as (voice)
2020
8.8
The High Note
as Max
2020
7.0
Cursed Films
as Self
2020
7.2
🎬
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
as Self
2019
7.6
Dark Waters
as Harry Dietzler
2019
7.5
The Coldest Game
as Joshua Mansky
2019
6.2
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
as Joe Keller
2019
8.5
Epic Yellowstone
as Narrator (voice)
2019
10.0
Trouble
as Ben
2018
5.0
The Equalizer 2
as Brian Plummer
2018
6.8
The Ballad of Lefty Brown
as Lefty Brown
2017
6.2
LBJ
as Ralph Yarborough
2017
6.4
Battle of the Sexes
as Jack Kramer
2017
6.8
The Sinner
as Harry Ambrose
2017
7.5
A Thousand Junkies
as Bill Pullman
2017
7.2
Walking Out
as Clyde
2017
5.9
The War of 1996: A United World News Special
as President Whitmore
2016
0.0
Brother Nature
as Jerry Turley
2016
5.1
Independence Day: Resurgence
as President Whitmore
2016
5.3
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
as Self
2016
7.0
American Ultra
as Krueger
2015
6.1
Parables of War
as Self
2015
0.0
The Equalizer
as Brian Plummer
2014
7.3
Cymbeline
as Sicilius Leonatus
2014
3.9
May in the Summer
as Edward
2014
5.9
Red Sky
as John Webster
2014
4.4
The Unbelievers
as Self
2013
6.5
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2013
8.2
1600 Penn
as President Dale Gilchrist
2012
4.6
The Fruit Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
2012
6.7
Kingdom Come
as Self
2012
6.2
Lola Versus
as Lenny
2012
5.0
Innocent
as Rusty Sabich
2011
5.7
Bringing Up Bobby
as Kent
2011
4.9
Too Big to Fail
as Jamie Dimon
2011
7.0
Rio Sex Comedy
as William
2010
4.5
Peacock
as Edmund French
2010
6.1
The Killer Inside Me
as Billy Boy Walker
2010
5.8
Skavlan
as Self - Guest
2009
5.0
Bottle Shock
as Jim Barrett
2008
6.4
Your Name Here
as William J. Frick
2008
3.3
Surveillance
as Sam Hallaway
2008
6.0
Phoebe in Wonderland
as Peter Lichten
2008
7.2
Nobel Son
as Max Mariner
2007
6.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
7.2
You Kill Me
as Dave
2007
6.1
Torchwood
as Oswald Danes
2006
7.3
Scary Movie 4
as Henry Hale
2006
5.5
Alien Autopsy
as Morgan Banner
2006
5.6
Spaceballs: The Documentary
as Self
2005
0.0
John Candy: Comic Spirit
as Self
2005
6.0
Revelations
as Dr. Richard Massey
2005
5.7
Dear Wendy
as Krugsby
2005
5.8
The Grudge
as Peter Kirk
2004
5.9
Tiger Cruise
as Gary Dolan
2004
5.9
Rick
as Rick O'Lette
2003
4.7
Igby Goes Down
as Jason
2002
6.6
29 Palms
as The Ticket Clerk
2002
4.6
Ignition
as Conor Gallagher
2002
4.2
Night Visions
as Major Ben Darnell (segment "A View Through the Window")
2001
7.2
Lucky Numbers
as Detective Pat Lakewood
2000
5.1
A Man Is Mostly Water
as Parking Fascist
2000
2.0
Titan A.E.
as Korso (voice)
2000
6.6
The Guilty
as Callum Crane
2000
5.7
🎬
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
2000
0.0
The Virginian
as The Virginian
2000
4.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Kurt Moss
1999
7.9
Spy Games
as Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday
1999
4.2
Brokedown Palace
as Hank Greene
1999
6.4
Lake Placid
as Jack Wells
1999
5.9
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self
1999
4.6
Zero Effect
as Daryl Zero
1998
6.2
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
as George Bailey
1997
5.0
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
as Self
1997
7.0
The End of Violence
as Mike
1997
5.3
Lost Highway
as Fred Madison
1997
7.5
Mistrial
as Steve Donohue
1996
5.1
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
as Self
1996
6.5
The Making of 'Independence Day'
as Self
1996
5.9
Independence Day
as President Thomas J. Whitmore
1996
6.9
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
Mr. Wrong
as Whitman Crawford
1996
4.0
Casper
as Dr. James Harvey
1995
6.3
While You Were Sleeping
as Jack Callaghan
1995
7.0
Wyatt Earp
as Ed Masterson
1994
6.8
The Last Seduction
as Clay Gregory
1994
6.8
The Favor
as Peter
1994
4.8
Mr. Jones
as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
1993
5.7
Malice
as Andy Sarafian
1993
6.3
Fallen Angels
as Rich Thurber
1993
5.9
Sleepless in Seattle
as Walter
1993
6.7
Sommersby
as Orin Meecham
1993
6.3
Singles
as Dr. Jeffrey Jamison
1992
6.4
Crazy in Love
as Nick Symonds
1992
4.1
A League of Their Own
as Bob Hinson
1992
7.2
Phone
as Duke
1992
8.0
Newsies
as Bryan Denton
1992
6.7
Nervous Ticks
as York Daley
1992
3.3
Liebestraum
as Paul Kessler
1991
5.2
Going Under
as Biff Banner
1991
3.7
Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square
as Self
1991
8.6
Bright Angel
as Bob
1990
4.5
Sibling Rivalry
as Nicholas Meany
1990
5.1
Brain Dead
as Dr. Rex Martin
1990
5.6
Cold Feet
as Buck
1989
3.8
Home Fires Burning
as Lt. Henry Tibbettes
1989
6.4
The Accidental Tourist
as Julian Hedge
1988
6.2
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
Rocket Gibraltar
as Crow Black
1988
5.9
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Dennis Alan
1988
6.4
Spaceballs
as Lone Starr
1987
6.9
Ruthless People
as Earl James Mott
1986
6.6
Nature
as Narrator (voice)
1982
7.8
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Tibbetts
1951
8.6
Spaceballs 2
as Lone Starr
N/A
0.0
🎬
Famous
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Boroughs
as Jack
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Basics of Philosophy
as Melvyn Jorrisen
N/A
0.0
🎬
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
as Harry
N/A
0.0
🎬
A Bridge Between
as Bobby Verdun
N/A
0.0